School meal debt; each school board to annually report.
Summary
School meal debt; annual report. Requires each school board to annually report to the Department of Education the amount of school meal debt in the local school division and directs the Department to annually aggregate and submit such reports to the General Assembly, provided that no such report contains any personally identifiable student information. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Commission to End Hunger.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 7, 2026
Signed Apr 2, 2026
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What changed between versions
Enrolled
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Chaptered
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill has been formally enacted into law as Chapter 54 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy text regarding school meal debt protections remains identical to the previous version, with no changes to the rules prohibiting students from doing chores or wearing wristbands to pay for meals, or to the reporting requirements.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability have not changed; it applies to all local school boards in Virginia under the same conditions as before.
TECHNICAL
The document was updated from 'Enrolled' status to 'Chaptered' status, indicating the bill has been officially signed into law and assigned Chapter 54.
The approval date was updated to April 2, 2026, reflecting the date the Governor signed the bill.
Minor formatting adjustments were made to the layout and spacing of the text to match the final chaptered format.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2026 · House of Delegates Jan 27, 2026
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
Feb 27, 2026
D
Democratic20
90% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Apr 2, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 54 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB210ER)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (89-Y 10-N 0-A)
lower
Jan 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2026
Committee
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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